US EditionMyanmar expels East Timor’s top diplomat over a criminal complaint alleging military abuses
East Timor appointed a prosecutor to investigate alleged war crimes by Myanmar's junta following a complaint by the Chin Human Rights Organisation, escalating regional diplomatic tensions.
- Myanmar's military junta has expelled East Timor's top diplomat from the country within seven days over a criminal complaint filed by a rights group against Myanmar's armed forces.
- The rights group filed the complaint in East Timor, seeking an ASEAN member with an independent judiciary that would be sympathetic to the suffering of Myanmar's Christian minority.
- The diplomatic row escalates as Myanmar faces international scrutiny over alleged genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority at the International Court of Justice.
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East Timor triggers Asean first, accuses Myanmar of war crimes
Myanmar ’s military government ordered East Timor ’s senior diplomat to leave the country after judicial authorities from the fellow Southeast Asian country accepted a criminal complaint against Myanmar’s armed forces, state media said on Monday. The move sharply escalates tensions between the two countries and is a rare step between members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which East Timor joined only last year. There was no immed…
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Myanmar expels East Timor's top diplomat over a criminal complaint alleging military abuses
Myanmar’s military government ordered East Timor’s senior diplomat to leave the country after judicial authorities from the fellow Southeast Asian country accepted a criminal complaint against Myanmar's armed forces.
Timor-Leste became the first country of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to submit a complaint against another member. The diplomat has until 20 February to leave the country.
Myanmar Expels Timorese Envoy Over Junta War Crimes Complaint
Myanmar has ordered the head of Timor-Leste’s diplomatic mission to leave within seven days, escalating tensions after a rights group filed a criminal complaint accusing the Myanmar military of war crimes and crimes against humanity. State media said the foreign ministry viewed engagement with an organization opposing another ASEAN member as unacceptable interference. Complaint and […] The post Myanmar Expels Timorese Envoy Over Junta War Crimes…
Myanmar expels East Timor envoy after rights group complaint against junta
Feb 16 (Reuters) – Myanmar has ordered the head of East Timor’s diplomatic mission to leave the country within seven days, state media quoted the foreign ministry as saying on Monday, in an escalating row over a criminal complaint filed by a rights group against Myanmar’s armed forces. Myanmar has been in turmoil since 2021, when the military ousted the elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, sparking a wave of anti-junta pr…
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